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Critique Assignment 2
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Critique Assignment 2
Title of the Article Here
This paper will talk about….. Put the text of your paper here and the last page of your paper is reserved for the references. For more information about APA Style, see the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.), the APA Style web site found at http://www.apastyle.org ensure that your references are properly constructed.
Article Purpose Statement
Please start your positive critique here. Followed by a negative critique. Followed by a positive statement. Put the text of your paper here and the last page of your paper is reserved for the references. For more information about APA Style, see the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.), the APA Style web site found at http://www.apastyle.org ensure that your references are properly constructed.
Population of Interest
Briefly talk about why this particular population is important to study (based on the researcher’s perspectives). Define the population of interest here. Example: There were 115 male and female participants in the study (N = 115). There were slight more male (n = 72) than females (n = 43) in the study population. Put the text of your paper here and the last page of your paper is reserved for the references. For more information about APA Style, see the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.), the APA Style web site found at http://www.apastyle.org ensure that your references are properly constructed.
Tell more story about your target population. Were they placed in a cohort or control group? If so, how many groups are there? Example: Participants were grouped into two cohorts wherein ninety (n = 90) were in the control group and 25 (n = 25) were the cases. Please start your positive critique here. Followed by a negative critique. Followed by a positive statement. Put the text of your paper here and the last page of your paper is reserved for the references. For more information about APA Style, see the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.), the APA Style web site found at http://www.apastyle.org ensure that your references are properly constructed.
Study Variables
Define your variables here. What are the independent (age, gender), dependent (rate of infection), and extraneous variables (or discharged from the hospital, or decided they don’t want to be in the study anymore; death)? Please start your positive critique here. Followed by a negative critique. Followed by a positive statement.
Correlational Variables
Correlational variables will involve the target population and other variables that the researcher is trying to measure. Example are: Blood culture; catheter tip culture, the type of infection, type of antibiotics tested. Put the text of your paper here and the last page of your paper is reserved for the references. For more information about APA Style, see the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.), the APA Style web site found at http://www.apastyle.org ensure that your references are properly constructed. Please start your positive critique here. Followed by a negative critique. Followed by a positive statement.
Time Perspective
Define the time perspective of the study. Example, if your article talks about prospective design, please define prospective design. Just talk about whether this study is retrospective, prospective or both. Put the text of your paper here and the last page of your paper is reserved for the references. For more information about APA Style, see the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.), the APA Style web site found at http://www.apastyle.org ensure that your references are properly constructed. Please start your positive critique here. Followed by a negative critique. Followed by a positive statement.
Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
Very briefly talk about your target population in general here (1-2 sentences). Put the text of your paper here and the last page of your paper is reserved for the references. For more information about APA Style, see the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.), the APA Style web site found at http://www.apastyle.org ensure that your references are properly constructed. Please start your positive critique here. Followed by a negative critique. Followed by a positive statement.
Study Population: Operationalized
The study population was operationalized by using descriptive, Chi-square, t-Test, and logistic regression statistical analysis. Define EACH test. Why were they used? Is this the appropriate test to use? Put the text of your paper here and the last page of your paper is reserved for the references. For more information about APA Style, see the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.), the APA Style web site found at http://www.apastyle.org ensure that your references are properly constructed. Please start your positive critique here. Followed by a negative critique. Followed by a positive statement.
Validity of Operationalized Population
Based on other research, were the techniques used valid? Put the text of your paper here and the last page of your paper is reserved for the references. For more information about APA Style, see the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.), the APA Style web site found at http://www.apastyle.org ensure that your references are properly constructed. Please start your positive critique here. Followed by a negative critique. Followed by a positive statement.
Study Design
Setting
Talk about the SITE of the research here. Put the text of your paper here and the last page of your paper is reserved for the references. For more information about APA Style, see the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.), the APA Style web site found at http://www.apastyle.org ensure that your references are properly constructed. Please start your positive critique here. Followed by a negative critique. Followed by a positive statement.
Methodology
This is a quantitative, descriptive research design; specifically, a prospective observational case control study. Participants were recruited via convenience sampling in the intensive care unit (ICU) in India. Put the text of your paper here and the last page of your paper is reserved for the references. For more information about APA Style, see the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.), the APA Style web site found at http://www.apastyle.org ensure that your references are properly constructed. Please start your positive critique here. Followed by a negative critique. Followed by a positive statement. Critique based on the design, who collects the samples, any training for the staff who were involved in the research, protocol?
Measures and Tools
First, define quantitative research here. Narrate each tool and how it was use
